St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-28

eater. The evening of our arrival we
had three or four 'hailaS' tied-Out, and
the following morning had the satiSfac-
ton of hearing one was killed. Accord
ingly, about IL O'clock. we started with
some eighty heaters for the scene of
action. The carcass of the calf had
been dragged by the tigress into
small nullah that debouched
into the main river; about half a
mile further on there was a similar
nullah, and between these two
we took up our position in trees and
some fifty yards apart. The beat had
not commenced more than five minutes
and was gazing eagerly to my front
when / saw the tigresS, followed by
three cubs, not quite half grown, and
about the size of big mastiffs. coming
straight toward me. She was SloLch-
ing sulkily along. evidently much put
out at being disturbed, and the cubs
trOtted after her. one of them every
now and then stopping, with pricked
ears, and gazing back toward the beat
erS, then it would Soamper on after its
mother. 1t was pretty, sylvan scene,
and the sunlight, falling on their sleek
striped hides as they moved
noiselessly over the dead leaves
that carpeted the ground gilt
tered and Quiyered in fantastic
rays. They came straight on for my
post, and got within ten yards of me.
when. with an upward curl of the lip
and twitching CT the tip of her tail,
that well-known sign of irritation which
always means mischief on the part of
the feline race, the tigreSS stopped to
listen; and as she turned her head back,
gazing toward the heaters, l aimed at
her neck between its junction with the
shoulders and ears and fired. She
dropped in her tracks without grOan
and never stirred. 1t seemed as if in
twinkling the ground had, as it were,
been cut from under her legs, at the
same moment depr1ving her of life with
the speed of electricity. | only Oh one
other occasion ever saw any large ami
NAL pass so suddenly from life to death
without even a twitch OF movement of
muscle.
Two gentlemen, we will call them A
and B, residing together on an estate,
had lost, besides other employees. two
''chOwkedars," or native watchmen,
within few days, and the unfortunate
men had been actually carried off out of
the Veranda of the bungalow. A and 3,
therefore, determined to clOthe them
selves like natives and sit during the
night, armed, in the Veranda, i'll the
hopes they might be able to get shot
at the man eater. who they { ought
might probably return to the spot which
had already provided him with two vic
tins. They proceeded to carry cut this
o'clock in the mOrn.ig, but
nothing appeared. A then said he
should not stay up any longer, as he did
not believe the animal would come; but
B announced his intention of waiting
half an hour longer by himself. There
were large windows opening down to
the floor of the yeranda, and through
one of these A retired, and. after enter
ing his room, had just closed the door
and was gazing out for an instant, when
he saw dark mass land iii the veranda
right Oh TO his friend, and then heard
sounds of a Scuffle and cry for help.
Selling his rifle, to which Il sword bayO-
net was attached, and tiinging up the
window, he rushed out i'll time to see b
walking down the steps that led up TO
the veranda from the garden along
side of the tiger. with his hard in
the latter's mouth! A was afraid to
fire, lest he should hit his friend,
so, running after him. he. with admira-
BILE presence of mind, went up to the
tiger and plunging his bayOnet into the
animals body at the same instant fired.
There was a roar and scuffie. and B.
took advantage of the moment to re-
lease his hand, and the tiger, after
tumbling about for moment or two,
died. BIS hand was terribly mangled,
and he subsequently. believe. had to
have it amputated: but the loss of a
hand was comparatively cheap price to
pay for saving his life, which was mainly
owing to the wonderful GOODNESS of him
self and his friend. From his narrative
of the event, it appears that as soon as
\ had closed the window the tiger iWhO
must have been all the time lying close
to them landed in the veranda with a
mighty spring, and seized b by the
hand. He with wonderful GOODNESS. at
once. on being seized. made no effort to
eXtricate the limb. though the pam must
have been eXcruciating, but quietly
rising, followed the tigers movements,
and actually walked some way by his
side with his hand in the brute'S mouth,
until A, by his prompt and determined
action, released him.